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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7371299 | Set of resin sheets and method for producing ceramic structure using the same, and ceramic structure A set of resin sheets includes a plurality of resin sheets. Each resin sheet is disposed in a site to be a surface recess or inner void in a ceramic green sheet to be laminated, and a plurality of such ceramic green sheets each with the resin sheet disposed therein ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357976 | Ceramic molded body and metal matrix composite The ceramic molded body of the present invention includes spherical cells of a spherical bubble plurally formed therein: in the ceramic molded body the spherical cells neighboring each other are communicated through communication porosities and form a three-dimensio... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354877 | Carbon nanotube fabrics The present invention provides fabrics that have unique chemical, electrical, and thermal properties. The fabrics comprise layers of yarns woven together wherein the yarns further comprise carbon nanotube fibers. These carbon nanotube fibers may be either single-wal... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351364 | Method of manufacturing a hybrid structure A method of manufacturing a hybrid structure (100) having a layer of CMC material (28) defining an interior passageway (24) and a layer of ceramic insulating material (18) lining the passageway. The method includes the step of casting the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7323133 | Method for producing micromanufactured items in ceramic materials A method for producing ceramic micromanufactured items comprises the following stages: a starting material constituting at least a micromanufactured item (1) is prepared and used to from the micromanufactured item (1); said starting material includes a... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7293892 | Incandescent body An improved incandescent mantle formed of a woven fabric tube and having at least one open end with a fireproof attaching material provided for attaching at least one of the ends of the tube to a burner. At least one additional fireproof material portion is provided... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290586 | Bicontinuous composites A ceramic foam having pores in the range of 20 to 800 microns and 10 to 30 % of theoretical density is placed in a preheated mould and molten metal or plastics is drawn in to form a bicomposite structure. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7276202 | Method of manufacturing ceramic bottle for plastic cork The present invention forms screw-like projection at the entrance of ceramic bottle and enables air-tightening with plastic cork, formed with screw-like projection in its body. It guarantees air tightening of ceramic bottle, and does not use imported cork, which dec... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276203 | Process for producing hollow comprising fiber-reinforced ceramic materials A process for producing hollow bodies comprising fiber-reinforced ceramic materials, in which a green body comprising compressible cores and a mouldable composition comprising binders and fiber material which is pressed with compression of the core is produced, the ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7220114 | Equipment and process for producing a molded article The present invention relates to a process and equipment for producing a molded article, especially a flat molded article, which has cavities and webs between the cavities, which webs essentially join two disks, wherein the equipment includes a press mold with a die... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7163653 | Method for producing ceramic brake disks, with an insert in the green body before the pyrolysis The invention relates to a method for producing ceramic brake disks from a green body consisting of a sheet molding compound (SMC) having reinforcing fibers, and the ensuing pyrolysis and melt infiltration. The aim of the invention is to create a single-element gree... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7141203 | Method of making a diffuser assembly The present invention provides an all-ceramic diffuser assembly that includes a diffuser element formed of a porous ceramic material and a base formed of a non-porous ceramic material. The base includes a peripheral undercut shoulder portion that overlaps a perimete... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7110911 | Devices relating to rolled product A code applying device is provided which can efficiently manufacture an information recording paper roll having a code relating to the information recording paper. The code applying device includes a tubular body holding section which holds a tubular body and can ro... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105111 | Process for producing hollow bodies comprising fibre-reinforced ceramic materials Process for producing hollow bodies comprising fibre-reinforced ceramic materials, where cores whose shape corresponds to that of the hollow spaces are produced in a first step, a green body is produced in a second step by introducing the abovementioned cores and a ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7083757 | Method of making semiconductor bonding tools Semiconductor wire bonding tools used in the assembly and interconnection of integrated circuits (ICs) are micromolded from a mixture of ultrafine particulate materials mixed with an organic binder. Following extraction of the binder the green bonding tools are sint... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7070908 | Feature formation in thick-film inks In a method for forming one or more features in a thick-film ink deposited on a substrate, a photoimagable material is used to define a negative of the one or more features on the substrate. A thick-film ink is then deposited on at least part of the substrate, abutt... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6997976 | Filtering devices The invention provides a low-resistance gas adsorption filter provided with an activated carbon bed of bulk density less than 0.6 gram/cubic centimeter, the activated carbon bed being free of chromium 6+ salt, the filter being characterized by a gas holding capacity... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6998064 | Thermal insulating material and method of producing same A thermochemically stable oxidic thermal insulating material presenting phase stability, which can be used advantageously as a thermal insulating layer on parts subjected to high thermal stress, such as turbine blades or such like. The thermal insulating material ca... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6955777 | Method of forming a plate for dispensing chemicals A plate for use in mixing and testing materials in the pharmaceutical industry is formed by a method in which apertures in a set of greensheets are formed by a material removal process, at least some of the apertures being filled with a fugitive material that escape... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6811744 | Forming structures from CAD solid models A method and apparatus for embedding features and controlling material composition in a three-dimensional structure (130) is disclosed. The invention enables the control of material characteristics, within a structure (130) made from a plurality of mat... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6773479 | Particulate filter for diesel engines A particulate filter for diesel engines comprises a metal shell or casing inside which is set a filtering body made of ceramic foam. The filtering body is made up of a plurality of separate elements made of ceramic foam and having a substantially plane and elongated... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6733607 | Embedded hermetic cavity formation in low temperature cofired ceramic A method for forming a low temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC) device includes forming a channel in a first LTCC tape layer. A wax is inserted in the channel. The wax is of a type that burns out at a temperature below a sintering temperature of the first LTCC tape la... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6699428 | Ceramic body producing method A method of producing a ceramic body having a construction such that cells are plugged alternately at both end faces of a ceramic honeycomb structural body by filling a plugging slurry into predetermined cells at both end faces of a ceramic honeycomb form... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6627019 | Process for making ceramic matrix composite parts with cooling channels A ceramic matrix composite part having elongated cooling channels within the wall thereof is manufactured by inserting decomposable inserts within a woven ceramic fiber preform. The inserts are tows of continuous carbon fibers surrounded by a carbonaceous... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6616782 | Thermal shock-resistant ceramic article A thermal shock-resistant ceramic article and a method of manufacturing the article include alternating layers of a first material (2) comprising a fusible, particulate ceramic composition and a second material (3), typically comprising a porous, pyrolyza... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6596168 | Filter element and method for the manufacture The invention relates to a filter element and its manufacture to be used in removal of liquid from solids containing material to be dried in a capillary suction dryer which filter element contains a ceramic microporous layer having the pore size under 5 m... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6554882 | Rapid tooling sintering method and compositions therefor A rapid tooling method is provided for molding metal particles, ceramic particles or mixtures thereof directly from patterns comprising a meltable, soluble or decomposable substance and preferably formed by rapid prototyping technology, as well as particl... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6544365 | Method of producing laminated ceramic electronic component A method of producing a laminated ceramic electronic component results in an increased thickness of an internal electrode, reduced delamination, and produces a laminated ceramic electronic component having outstanding reliability. The method of producing ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6524522 | Method for preparation of metallic foam products and products made The present invention relates to the extrusion freeform fabrication of low cost, in situ, metallic foam components having oriented microstructures and improved mechanical properties such as energy absorption and specific stiffness. The present invention r... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6355211 | Method for manufacturing high performance components A method for producing high performance components by the consolidation of powdered materials under conditions of hot isostatic pressure. The method uses the inclusion of reactive materials mixed into pressure-transmitting mold materials and into the powd... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6328834 | Process for producing bodies made of fiber-reinforced composites A process for producing bodies made of fiber-reinforced composites from fiber-reinforced precursor bodies having a porous carbon matrix, in particular from C/C bodies, includes (1) mixing fibers, fiber bundles or fiber agglomerates based on carbon, nitrog... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6319437 | Powder injection molding and infiltration process A powder injection molding and infiltration process. A powder of a skeleton material having a relatively high melting point is mixed with a composite binder to form a mold mixture. The composite binder is comprised of at least two binder materials. The mo... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6254998 | Cellular structures and processes for making such structures A method for making foam structures suitable for use as mechanical energy absorbers, structural members, filters, catalyst carriers or the like. A composite rod comprising an outer shell and an inner core is formed of respective mixtures of powders. The m... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6248434 | Composite body comprising a hard metal, cermet or ceramic substrate body and method of producing same The invention concerns a composite body consisting of a hard metal, cermet or ceramic substrate body and at least one layer of a mechanically resistant material, a ceramic substance, a diamond-like layer, amorphous carbon and/or hexagonal boron nitride. T... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6248289 | Co-injection molding process for manufacturing complex and lightweight parts A method for molding relatively complex and large shapes by a co-injection molding process which results in a significantly less expensive and lighter molded product. The process steps include first injection molding a thermoplastic material highly densif... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6231707 | Method of forming a multilayer ceramic substrate with max-punched vias In the formation of multilayer ceramic substrates, greensheets are utilized which have the same pattern and number of vias punched in each greensheet. Then, selected vias may be filled with metallic paste to form the internal connections of the multilayer... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6210625 | Method for producing granulated material The invention is a method of making a novel spherical form of granulated products that can be effectively used in various product forms in drug, fertilizer, foodstuff, feed, agricultural chemical, catalyst, ceramics, powder metallurgy, detergent, plastic,... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6197246 | Plasma-generating electrode device, an electrode-embedded article, and a method of manufacturing thereof A plasma generating electrode device including a substrate 31 made of a dense ceramic, and an electrode 55 buried in said substrate 31, wherein said electrode 55 is isolated from a setting face of said substrate 31, and plasma is generated over said subst... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6183578 | Method for manufacture of high frequency ultrasound transducers A method for assembling an ultrasonic transducer, first produces a plurality of plates of piezoelectric material. Then the plates are bonded together through use of a polymeric matrix comprising a polymer and intermixed particles having determined dimensi... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6165409 | Molten steel transfer element and its manufacturing The invention concerns a transfer element for transferring molten steel between an upstream container such as a tundish and a downstream vessel such as a continuous casting mold. this element is comprised of a body (4) that delimits a steel entrance zone,... | 12/26/2000 |
